WE'RE LIVE WITH BREAKING NEWS IN SOUTHWEST OMAHA. A TEENAGER FINDS HER MOTHER'S BODY...AND TONIGHT, POLICE BELIEVE SOMEONE KILLED THE WOMAN. RIGHT NOW OMAHA POLICE ARE AT THE "BLOSSOMS" APARTMENTS NEAR 96TH AND Q. THAT'S WHERE KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ADRIAN WHITSETT JOINS US WITH NEW DETAILS. ADRIAN. STILL A VERY ACTIVE HOMICIDE SCENE HERE TONIGHT AT THE BLOSSOMS APARTMENTS--WITH CRIME LAB TECHS AND DETECTIVES COMING IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THE INVESTIGATIONS MOSTLY INSIDE THIS APARTMENT BUILDING..AND APARTMENT NUMBER 4. THAT'S WHERE A NEIGHBOR TELLS ME A YOUNG GIRL FOUND HER MOTHER CUT ACROSS THE THROAT THIS AFTERNOON. FIVE HOURS AFTER A TEENAGER FINDS HER MOTHER'S BODY. POLICE TELL US THEY OFFICIALLY HAVE A HOMICIDE AT THE BLOSSOMS APARTMENTS.("There are numerous witnesses who are working with the Omaha police investigators.") NEIGHBORS WHO KNEW EARLY ON THAT SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENED HERE. ("A cutting she said, she seen a cut across, across the throat." ) THIS MAN, WHO DIDN'T WANT US TO SHOW HIS FACE OR USE HIS NAME LIVES IN THE SAME BUILDING... HE HEARD A GIRL CALLING FOR HELP AFTER FINDING HER MOTHER DEAD IN THE APARTMENT. FOUND BY HER DAUGHTER.AFTER SCHOOL. ("her mom was just in the house dead, bleeding she just came out in the hallway yelling and screaming.losing it hysterical, the same way anyone would who just lost their parent.") THE NEIGHBOR SAID THE WOMAN AND DAUGHTER ONLY LIVED HERE FOR FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS.HEARD ARGUING FROM A MAN AND WOMAN IN THAT APARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES.("you could hear some of their conversations, a lot of them weren't pleasant, bunch of verbal stuff. Never heard anything break or crash, just a lot of verbal stuff. who was it involving? a woman and a man just hear those two voices." ) OMAHA POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING THE WOMAN'S NAME AS THEY TRY TO NOTIFY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS...AND NOT RELEASING ANY SUSPECT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH.THEY TELL ME THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE SCARED. REPORTING LIVE AT 98TH AND PARK DRIVE, ADRIAN WHITSETT, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN.

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